Globalization, the decline of trade unions, the spread of high performance work systems, and the emergence of a more feminized, flexible work-force have opened new avenues of inquiry. The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations charts these changes and analyzes them. It provides a systematic, comprehensive survey of the field.

Table of Contents

• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Introduction: The Field of Industrial Relations - Edmund Heery, Nicolas Bacon, Paul Blyton and Jack Fiorito
• PART ONE Perspectives and Approaches
• 2 The History of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study - Carola M. Frege
• 3 Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences - Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson
• 4 System and Change in Industrial Relations Analysis - Edmund Heery
• 5 Values, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations - John W. Budd and Devasheesh Bhave
• 6 The Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations - William Brown
• 7 Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations - Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
• 8 New Forms of Work and the High Performance Paradigm - Stephen Procter
• 9 Changing Traditions in Industrial Relations Research - George Strauss and Keith Whitfield
• PART TWO The Actors in Industrial Relations
• 10 Trade Union Morphology - Jack Fiorito and Paul Jarley
• 11 Trade Union Strategy - Peter Boxall
• 12 Employer Organizations - Franz Traxler
• 13 Management Strategy and Industrial Relations - Nicolas Bacon
• 14 The State in Industrial Relations - Richard Hyman
• 15 The Legal Framework of Employment Relations - Simon Deakin and Wanjiru Njoya
• 16 The State as Employer - Marick F. Masters, Ray Gibney, Iryna Shevchuk and Tom Zagenczyk
• 17 International Actors and International Regulation - Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
• 18 Works Councils - Jean Jenkins and Paul Blyton
• 19 The Evolution of Stakeholder Regimes: Beyond Neo-Corporatism - Charles Heckscher
• PART THREE Industrial Relations Processes
• 20 Union Formation - John Godard
• 21 The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining - Robert J. Flanagan
• 22 The High Performance Work Systems Literature in Industrial Relations - Ann C. Frost
• 23 Employee Involvement and Direct Participation - Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes
• 24 Resolving Conflict - David Lewin
• PART FOUR Industrial Relations Outcomes
• 25 Contingent Work Arrangements - Daniel G. Gallagher
• 26 The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting - Alex Bryson and John Forth
• 27 Working Time and Work-Life Balance - Paul Blyton
• 28 Worker Well-Being - David Guest
• 29 Industrial Relations Climate - Ali Dastmalchian
• Appendix
• 30 Equality at Work - Barbara Pocock
• 31 Conflict at Work - Gregor Gall and Robert Hebdon
• 32 Skill Formation - Irena Grugulis
• 33 Industrial Relations and Business Performance - John T. Delaney
• 34 Labor Market Institutions Around the World - Richard B. Freeman